cuico
Spanish
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈkwiko/ [ˈkwi.ko], /ˈkuiko/ [ˈkui̯.ko]
Audio (Peru): (file) - Rhymes: -iko, -uiko
- Syllabification: cui‧co
Noun
editcuico m (plural cuicos, feminine cuica, feminine plural cuicas)
- (Chile, informal, derogatory) a rich person, a snob, a social climber
Adjective
editcuico (feminine cuica, masculine plural cuicos, feminine plural cuicas)
- (Chile, informal, derogatory) pertaining to the similarities in quality of a rich person, or one who pretends to be one, or of a snob
Further reading
edit- “cuico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Spanish/iko
- Rhymes:Spanish/iko/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/uiko
- Rhymes:Spanish/uiko/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Chilean Spanish
- Spanish informal terms
- Spanish derogatory terms
- Spanish adjectives